By Dianne Anderson Everyone’s mom – “Mother Doris” – was always guiding and mentoring generations of leaders that wanted to follow in her footsteps where no other African Americans had blazed political trails before. Her sphere of influence opened doors that had never been opened to the Black community in Long Beach. Her son Stephen Topsy said his mom’s legacy was greater in so many ways than the titles she earned at the highest positions of city government. She was a caring and ceaseless giver, always supportive, not only for the immediate family, but for all those who called on […]
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